A Career of Peaks
By KEVIN FILIPSKI
(Jan. 26, 2001) After Giuseppe Verdi's death on January 27, 1901, the outpouring of grief in his native Italy was unprecedented. A century after his death, Verdi's place in opera history is not only secure, but exalted.

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Speaking of Verdi
To mark the centenary, The New York Times on the Web interviewed three opera singers, Martina Arroyo, Dolora Zajick and Samuel Ramey; opera director Graham Vick; Vincent La Selva, founder and artistic director of the New York Grand Opera Company; New York Times critic Anthony Tommasini; and Mary Jane Phillips-Matz, author of "Verdi, a Biography."